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Page 25 - All the kings of the nations, even all of them, lie in glory, every one in his own house : but thou art cast out of thy grave like an abominable branch, and as the 2S2 THE MAN-GOD.
Page 202 - I know the ways of Pleasure, the sweet strains, The lullings and the relishes of it ; The propositions of hot blood and brains ; What mirth and music mean ; what love and wit Have done these twenty hundred years, and more...
Page 35 - Look at the generations of old, and see ; did ever any trust in the Lord, and was confounded ? or did any abide in his fear, and was forsaken ? or whom did he ever despise, that called upon him...
Page 15 - Cant, Cloth-worship, or whatever ugly name it have, has gone about incurably sick ever since ; and is now at length, in these generations, very rapidly dying.
Page 25 - Let the high praises of God be in their mouth, and a two-edged sword in their hand...
Page 199 - MY joy, my life, my crown ! My heart was meaning all the day, Somewhat it fain would say : And still it runneth muttering up and down With only this, My joy, my life, my crown ! Yet slight not these few words ; If truly said, they may take part Among the best in art.
Page 203 - When at his Induction he was shut into Bemerton Church, being left there alone to Toll the Bell, (as the Law requires him...
Page 45 - Sirs, it was for this that now I am come here. If I would have given way to an arbitrary way, for to have all laws changed according to the power of the sword, I needed not to have come here. And therefore I tell you (and I pray God it be not laid to your charge), that I am the martyr of the people.
Page 43 - I shall therefore speak a word unto you here: indeed I could hold my peace very well if I did not think that holding my peace would make some men think that I did submit to the guilt, as well as to the punishment ; but I think it is my duty to God first, and to my country, for to clear myself both as an honest man, a good King, and a good Christian.
Page 47 - Consider, it will soon carry you a great way; it will carry you from earth to heaven; and there you shall find, to your great joy, the prize to which you hasten, a crown of glory.